The Warriors' recent schedule can almost be described as "devil", after the big score loss to the Grizzlies, they have to face the Western Conference powerhouses Suns and Jazz, and the Lakers, Pelicans and Spurs will also fight for play-off spots.
Not surprisingly, the Warriors will be greeted by a wave of losing streaks, due to Curry's injury and delay in returning, they have been reduced from the championship team at the beginning of the season to a fish belly, and the manager's employment style and management's team building ideas have also begun to be questioned.
Recently, veteran Iguodala implicitly criticized the two-line plan between management and team owners in an interview - to help the team grow up in the next era of young people, but still rely on the previous generation with Curry as the core to continue to win.
In fact, since Durant left the Warriors in 2019, management has begun to think about the sustainable development of the team, they took over the young two-powered guard Russell from the Nets, and then exchanged the Timberwolves for the talented Wiggins, and in the case of two consecutive seasons of poor records, they picked up excellent potential new stars such as Wiseman and Cuminga in the draft.
It is not difficult to see from the Warriors' various market moves, they hope to let the team enter a new era, but the problem is that these young people do not yet have the ability to support the team system, Wiggins, although physically and technically can not be picky, but lack of enough heart to become a leader who says one thing, Poole, Payton Jr., and Anderson are only role players.
So if you want to maintain a good team record before the young people are on their own, the only way is to constantly squeeze the meritorious veterans of the previous generation, and the Warriors re-signed Iguodala also has this part of the factor, so the bigger question arises, why do the veterans sacrifice their precious peak tails to do the work of supporting the younger generation?
The first to issue a silent protest was Green, when Curry was on the floor, he was still the axis and defensive pillar of the Warriors' system, and the organization of rebounds was the same, but when Curry was injured and absent, he did not have any desire to go all out on the field, because he understood that the management was just using him to help the younger generation, in fact, he did not have enough voice.
Thompson was equally embarrassed, he had to bear the pressure of attacking on the one hand, and on the other hand, he had to give up part of the shooting power he should have to Wiggins and Poole, and the real responsibility increased, but the power was weakened.
According to the ability and role of the players, the only people who can really become the initiators of the ball are Iguodala and Curry, but the former was plagued by a right knee injury at the beginning of the season, and then the hip injury followed, coupled with the back injury, the 38-year-old brother has long been more than enough and insufficient, so Curry has become the only veteran of the Warriors who is willing to be squeezed.
So far in the season, Curry has averaged 25.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, as the first core, the usage rate is less than 30%, in Kerr's system, he still needs to play the role of no-ball runner for a long time, whether it is his hot hand or when the shooting rate declines, he will be suddenly replaced by the coach to give young people the opportunity to exercise.
The big thing must show the courage and courage to take risks, now the management is not afraid to take risks, while to achieve the natural inheritance of the leadership position, while the veterans to go all out to lead the team to win, and finally the smart is mistaken, a brother and Green simply pretended to die, Curry was unfortunately injured, Thompson who returned from injury also has to bear huge pressure, if serious contradictions break out within the Warriors in the future, everyone will not be surprised at all.